CHANGE Focus Area: Immunization



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Focus Area - Immunization

Dominican Republic: Study of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)

A quantitative and qualitative study to learn more about the strengths of this program and barriers to increasing immunization coverage.

Principal Findings from a Study of the Expanded Program on Immunization in the Dominican Republic (PDF - 91k)

Resultados Principales de un Estudio sobre el Programa Ampliado de Inmunizaciones en la República Dominicana (PDF - 724k)

Mozambique: Study on Barriers to Childhood Immunization

This study on barriers to childhood immunization focused on access to services, quality of services, information/ education/ communications; and use of the child health card. The results are based on individual interviews with mothers of children age 3-23 months and focus group discussions.

>> A Study to Describe Barriers to Childhood Vaccinations in Mozambique [PDF - 374KB]

>> Barriers to Immunization in the Dominican Republic and Mozambique [PDF - 135KB]

>> Presentations on Immunization

Publications

>> Publications - Immunization

CHANGE Themes

Adolescent Reproductive Health
Applying an assets-based approach to identify protective factors for at-risk adolescents

Child Health
Formative research on reducing exposure to indoor pollution; development of tools for families to improve child health; application of an integrated approach to improving child health and nutrition

Communications Capacity Building
Defining a competencies based approach to strengthen communications capacity; implementing a competencies approach in Peru

HIV/AIDS
Behavior change to reduce and prevent HIV/AIDS; Raising awareness and promoting practical actions to challenge HIV/AIDS stigma; and establishment of peer and counseling networks

Immunization
Research on barriers to immunization; improving implementation; and evaluation of community surveillance

Infectious Disease
Strategies to contain drug resistance, dengue prevention and control; integrated disease surveillance research

Maternal Health
Using a behavior change approach to improve access to skilled care; developing a framework and tools to increase the use of skilled care during delivery and post-partum

Polio
Development of a community surveillance kit; lessons from polio communications programs; and guides and checklists for routine immunization and disease surveillance



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